QUESTION 1.

Explain advantages and disadvantages of in- house developed application software and standard application software [vendor-off-the shelf-software].

OUTLINE 1.INTRODCTION DEFINATION OF TERMS In-house developed application software and standard application software. BACK !"#$% "&. In-house developed application software and standard application software. '. MAIN BODY. Explain advantages and disadvantages of in ( house developed application software. ).CONCLUSION. *u++ari,ation and co++ents a-out in- house developed application software and standard application software.

In-house developed application software +eans are software developed -. people with professional onl. to special persons or organi,ation. /his uni0uel. tailored [+ade] to +eet particular needs ./he progra+s are not availa-le in shops and once developed for one co+pan. +a. not address the needs of other users [organi,ation]. Exa+ple of in-house developed application software is software developed -. a -an1 such as $BC to +anage its -an1ing operations -. using hired progra++ers. /he following are advantages of in-house developed application software2 which is explained as follows3 It is +ore secret. I n-house developed application software is +ore secret due to -e used -. few people so data and infor+ation stored as personal secret. It is ver. eas. for the organi,ation to give the progra++er onl. the infor+ation needed. 4elp to get original product. In-house developed application software help to get original product2 which is -etter than other product for giving data and infor+ation. /he following are disadvantages of In-house developed application software2 which is explained as follows3 /i+e consu+ing. I n-house developed application software consu+e ti+e to progra+ and lnstalldata and infor+ation.

5er. expensive. In (house developed application software is ver. expensive to progra+ and purchase. /his used +ost -. developed countries used -. few people who are a-le to afford the cost. 6i+its 1nowledge. In-house developed application software li+it 1nowledge to other users -ecause it used -. few people. %ifficult to adapt to 1new technolog.. In-house developed application software lead to -e difficult to adopt 1new technolog. due -e used -. few people. 7a. not fit to the re0uired technolog.. In-house developed application software +a. not fit to the re0uired technolog.. . %istur-ance. In- house developed application soft ware lead distur-ance due to use high technolog.2 which used and high cost2 which used. !e0uired high it person ells. In-developed application software re0uired high it person ells due to use high level of 1nowledge and s1ills *tandard application software +eans is software +ade standard for a certain purpose can -u. for the sa+e purpose. /hese software are developed -. software engineers and are +ade availa-le in shops for purchase through a avendor2 distri-utor or direct fro+ the developer. /hese are software progra+s that +an. people in /an,ania are using. /he following are advantages of standard application software2 which is explained as follows3 Eas. availa-le. %ue -e used -. +an. people standard application software -eca+e eas. availa-le. Exa+ple is +ade availa-le in shops. Cheap. *tandard application software is cheap so is to purchase and to -e used -. users. /i+e saving. *tandard application software saves ti+e due to wor1 for a short ti+e li1e co+puter and calculator. Eas. to adopt new technolog.. *tandard application software lead to -e eas. to adopt new technolog. due to +an. developer and users $eed low s1ills. *tandard application software need low technolog. -ecause is si+ple to use li1e calculator. 7a1e friendl.. *tandard application software +a1e friendl. fro+ sharing ideas on -usiness.

/he following are disadvantages of standard application software2 which is explained as follows3 Eas. to loose data. *tandard application software is eas. to loose data. Exa+ple if .ou write without saving .our data will lose. $eed technolog.. *tandard application software need technolog. to finish the wor1 if .ou don8t it will -e difficult to use it. %ifficult to save to secret issue. *tandard application software is difficult to save secret issue due to -e used -. +an. people. $eed cost. *tandard application software needs cost to -e used if .ou don8t have +one. .ou will not use it the value is low. *tandard application software has low value less expensive. In-house developed application software and standard application software is needed to -e i+proved due to glo-ali,ation of toda. which +a1e the world li1e village due to infor+ation and co++unication technolog. which is ver. i+portant to all +atters of social2 political2 and econo+ic +atters.